On today's episode, Laura is the smartest person in the room because she is the ONLY person in the room. That's right, it's a first for this podcast: a solo show! A few logistical obstacles got in the way of recording with a guest, so it's just Laura telling you about the best books she's read so far in 2018.
Here's the list of every book she mentions, but not every book was a grand slam. You'll just have to listen to the episode to find out which books she's endorsing and which ones she's simply noting.
For reference, here's a list of Laura's Favorite Books of All Time
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BOOKS!
The Universe Has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein
The Evangelicals by Frances Fitzgerald
EDUCATED by Tara Westover (Laura's current favorite memoir of 2018)
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner (Laura's favorite book of 2016)
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Laura's current novel of 2018)
You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (Laura's must-read of 2018)
You Are A Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero
You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero
The Big Leap by Gary Hendricks
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Loving What Is by Byron Katie
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Trebold and Elyse Resch
Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Likeness by Tana French
The Book of Essie by Meghan Maclean Weir
Book of the Month Club
The Nix by Nathan Hill
I Thought It Was Just Me by Brene Brown
Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard
Love & Ruin by Paula McClain
Circe by Madeline Miller
Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give by Ada Calhoun
Thanks for listening to Smartest Person in the Room!
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